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Science Fiction Summary
Science Fiction
A Very Short Introduction
by David Seed 2011 147 pages
3.25
514 ratings
Literature
Literary Criticism
History
Mexico Summary
Mexico
by James A. Michener 1992 672 pages
3.75
5.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Travel
The Ministry of Truth Summary
The Ministry of Truth
The Biography of George Orwell's 1984
by Dorian Lynskey 2019 368 pages
4.13
1.3K ratings
History
Biography
Politics
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Summary
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain 1884 520 pages
4.10
42.7K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Literature
Lyrical and Critical Essays Summary
Lyrical and Critical Essays
by Albert Camus 1970 384 pages
4.30
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Literature
Interventions 2020 Summary
Interventions 2020
by Michel Houellebecq 2020 371 pages
3.58
515 ratings
Essays
Politics
France
Life and Fate Summary
Life and Fate
by Vasily Grossman 1960 864 pages
4.45
14.5K ratings
Classics
Russia
Historical Fiction
The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist Summary
The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist
by Orhan Pamuk 2010 208 pages
3.94
3.0K ratings
Writing
Essays
Turkish Literature
The Two Gentlemen of Verona Summary
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
by William Shakespeare 1594 245 pages
3.39
16.6K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
From the Earth to the Moon Summary
From the Earth to the Moon
by Jules Verne 1865 136 pages
3.76
38.0K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Adventure
Diary of a Superfluous Man Summary
Diary of a Superfluous Man
by Ivan Turgenev 1850 80 pages
3.85
3.8K ratings
Russian Literature
Russia
Classics
Antigone - Oedipus the King - Electra Summary
Antigone - Oedipus the King - Electra
by Sophocles 178 pages
3.95
16.3K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
The Baron in the Trees Summary
The Baron in the Trees
by Italo Calvino 1957 217 pages
4.02
50.9K ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Italy
Generation A Summary
Generation A
by Douglas Coupland 2009 320 pages
3.52
7.7K ratings
Science Fiction
Canada
Contemporary
The Land of Green Plums Summary
The Land of Green Plums
by Herta Müller 1994 256 pages
3.67
6.1K ratings
Romania
Nobel Prize
Historical Fiction
Blue Bamboo Summary
Blue Bamboo
Japanese Tales of Fantasy
by Osamu Dazai 1993 184 pages
3.72
2.9K ratings
Short Stories
Japan
Japanese Literature
Bleak House Summary
Bleak House
by Charles Dickens 1853 1017 pages
4.02
112.5K ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
The Wisdom of the Heart Summary
The Wisdom of the Heart
by Henry Miller 1941 250 pages
4.03
651 ratings
Essays
Philosophy
Writing
The Old Capital Summary
The Old Capital
by Yasunari Kawabata 1962 160 pages
3.73
7.3K ratings
Japan
Japanese Literature
Classics
The Painted Bird Summary
The Painted Bird
by Jerzy Kosiński 1965 234 pages
3.91
27.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Horror
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Summary
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1852 438 pages
3.91
237.8K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Turn of the Screw Summary
The Turn of the Screw
by Henry James 1898 121 pages
3.38
170.4K ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
The First Circle Summary
The First Circle
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1968 580 pages
4.24
8.2K ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Book Lust Summary
Book Lust
Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
by Nancy Pearl 2003 287 pages
3.77
3.6K ratings
Books About Books
Reference
Writing
Certain Women Summary
Certain Women
by Madeleine L'Engle 1992 368 pages
3.74
1.7K ratings
Literary Fiction
Religion
Literature
Brisbane Summary
Brisbane
by Eugene Vodolazkin 2018 343 pages
3.98
1.4K ratings
Russia
Historical Fiction
Literature
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes
The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
by Andrew Lycett 2007 576 pages
3.92
295 ratings
Biography
History
Mystery
Thug Notes Summary
Thug Notes
A Street-Smart Guide to Classic Literature
by Sparky Sweets 2015 304 pages
3.96
558 ratings
Humor
Classics
Literature
The Island of Dr. Moreau Summary
The Island of Dr. Moreau
by H.G. Wells 1896 160 pages
3.73
130.4K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Horror
One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand Summary
One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand
by Luigi Pirandello 1925 174 pages
4.03
28.0K ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Italy
The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson Summary
The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1844 398 pages
4.23
2.7K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
The Warriors Summary
The Warriors
by Sol Yurick 1965 212 pages
3.38
2.4K ratings
Crime
Classics
Thriller
The Red and the Black Summary
The Red and the Black
by Stendhal 1830 577 pages
3.86
81.5K ratings
Classics
France
French Literature
Mansfield Park Summary
Mansfield Park
by Jane Austen 1814 488 pages
3.86
369.7K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Midnight’s Children Summary
Midnight’s Children
by Salman Rushdie 1981 647 pages
3.98
131.2K ratings
Magical Realism
Classics
India
The Year of Reading Dangerously Summary
The Year of Reading Dangerously
by Andy Miller 2012 338 pages
3.32
6.1K ratings
Books About Books
Memoir
Biography
Bandersnatch Summary
Bandersnatch
C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings
by Diana Pavlac Glyer 2016 202 pages
4.27
1.3K ratings
Writing
Biography
History
Prometheus Bound Summary
Prometheus Bound
by Aeschylus 144 pages
3.94
20.9K ratings
Plays
Mythology
Poetry
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Summary
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 688 pages
4.36
69.8K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Horror
Northanger Abbey Summary
Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen 1817 260 pages
3.85
433.5K ratings
Classics
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Day of the Oprichnik Summary
Day of the Oprichnik
by Vladimir Sorokin 2006 191 pages
3.75
9.2K ratings
Russia
Dystopia
Russian Literature
Beowulf Summary
Beowulf
by Unknown 1000 259 pages
3.50
339.2K ratings
Poetry
Fantasy
Classics
The Shadow of a Great Rock Summary
The Shadow of a Great Rock
A Literary Appreciation of the King James Bible
by Harold Bloom 2011 320 pages
3.47
182 ratings
Religion
Literary Criticism
History
This Side of Paradise Summary
This Side of Paradise
by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1920 275 pages
3.64
78.7K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Description Summary
Description
by Monica Wood 1995 171 pages
4.06
601 ratings
Writing
Reference
Research
The Canterbury Tales Summary
The Canterbury Tales
A Retelling
by Peter Ackroyd 2009 436 pages
3.56
2.5K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Historical Fiction
It Can't Happen Here Summary
It Can't Happen Here
by Sinclair Lewis 1935 400 pages
3.80
23.0K ratings
Classics
Politics
Dystopia
Moby Dick Summary
Moby Dick
by Rod Espinosa 1851
3.55
5.3K ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Maldita Roma Summary
Maldita Roma
La conquista del poder de Julio César
by Santiago Posteguillo 2023 896 pages
4.68
6.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Literature
Imaginary Lives Summary
Imaginary Lives
by Marcel Schwob 1896 90 pages
3.98
1.2K ratings
Short Stories
France
Literature
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